Musicians' thread.

tsume said:
Yep, M-Audio O2. I do both. live playing & punch in notes then fill them in by "draw" them in the notes panel.
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I have the M-Audio Axiom 61 controller and do the same with VSTs, I use Renoise which lets you map just about any keyboard feature to any plugin parameter.

I can then record wahtever I'm playing in the sequencer, it records whatever I'm playing, including slider positions and other things, I then go back and clean up and fix mistakes.
 
M-Audio Axiom 6
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^^^^
//drools
 
Arg, sorry, I'm a fscking idiot. keep getting the two mixed up since I was looking at both when I bought mine.

Mine's the Roland Edirol PCR-800

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I also have one of these in my closet, who remembers.. *tada* the old Roland MT-32 :D 1987 baby! Sierra games anyone? :)

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Still works like a champ, was given to me by a friend a few years back. I actually ended up playing some old Sierra games in DosBox with this thing, also managed to talk to it through Renoise :D Actually sounds damn impressive for its age.
 
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Copa, I have an old 3 octave keyboard in the cupboard you can have for free, it's not USB, so you'll need a MIDI-USB adapter (R250 from Take2), it's not weighted so it doesn't pick up volume/pressure but it's quite suitable for jamming/laying down notes.
 
Ixa said:
Awesome thread. I'm working on an album with a friend from the US just collabing for the fun of it and a combined passion for music.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/rBkRBLxq/Time_For_Change.html
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Nice clean mix, I like the melody - needs some sexy deep female vocals ;) Very well mastered!

Only thing I don't like is the piano patches, a little too weak, needs a bit of midrange. Have you heard Synthology Ivory ?
 
nihilist said:
Copa, I have an old 3 octave keyboard in the cupboard you can have for free, it's not USB, so you'll need a MIDI-USB adapter (R250 from Take2), it's not weighted so it doesn't pick up volume/pressure but it's quite suitable for jamming/laying down notes.
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:D

That's an extremely kind offer, thank you.

I do have access to one of these though:

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Which would be stellar were I a concert pianist, but I can get notes in.

:)
 
Ixa said:
What genres are you all into?
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My tastes are vast, from oldschool goth rock to indie, to Bowie, Tom Waits, to Rachmaninov, to Aphex Twin, to old krautrock bands like Harmonia, Can, NEU! etc; to prog rock, huge fan of post-rock and lots of experimental electronica, some classic detroit techno, so pretty much everything but I tend to avoid whatever's current and popular with a few exceptions.
 
copacetic said:
To preset, or not to preset? That is the question. When using synths I feel it is some sort of cardinal sin using presets, although my synth programming skills leave a little (well, quite a lot actually) to be desired.

What do you guys do?
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If a preset is really, really working well, I'll use it. But i find it just takes the mystery out of music when I hear a tune and can recognize presets/loops etc - so i try to use presets as little as possible. I think recognizing loops bothers me more than recognizing an actual synth patch.

If it's a generic sound like an electric bass or a piano then I don't mind.
 
assagai said:
If a preset is really, really working well, I'll use it. But i find it just takes the mystery out of music when I hear a tune and can recognize presets/loops etc - so i try to use presets as little as possible. I think recognizing loops bothers me more than recognizing an actual synth patch.

If it's a generic sound like an electric bass or a piano then I don't mind.
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Yeah, loops are the other issue, of course. I am totally resistant to using loops of any sort, at all, but the bugger of it is that I am simply not too adept at making cool drum beats. It is so frustrating, I have this tremendous urge to make music, but seem to lack the technical skills/creativity. Ugh!

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That being said, I've has some success, but it seemed more like a lucky stumble than a planned effort at the time.
 
nihilist said:
Oh, no Asynth is far inferior in terms of features, Asynth is probably on par with a 1970s Moog ;) I often make use of it since it's quick and easy to get new sounds out of the thing, and I then chain it with my own FX to get my own sound.
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on par with a 70s moog? you gotta be kidding - there is simply NO softsynth on par with a real moog from any decade :-)
 
I guess a preset is like a DIY wife, if you only choose a base model template and don't make any customizations then clearly one has no soul, but it will still satisfy you. Except you'll be fscking the same model many others are, and then coming to the knowledge that they're doing it better than you.
 
assagai said:
on par with a 70s moog? you gotta be kidding - there is simply NO softsynth on par with a real moog from any decade :-)
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I know I know, I meant it more as an analogy - I'd sell or 3 of my left nipples to get one. sigh. My wife thought I was completely mad going off about them recently, until I pointed out that Gary Numan used 'em - and of course many others ;)
 
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